Consistent with this mission and our focus on benefit to women and given the current heightened global awareness of and attention to social and health inequity, IGCS is issuing the following statement outlining its position on these important matters. Most succinctly put, IGCS supports all who espouse social and health equity around the globe.

As 2020 comes to an end, Mary Eiken, would like to wish IGCS Members and Friends a joyous holiday season a Happy New Year with this end-of-year message.

We are so pleased to announce that the South African Society of Gynaecologic Oncology (SASGO) has joined the IGCS Strategic Alliance Partnership. SASGO Members will now benefit from dual membership and gain access to IGCS Member benefits. Greta Dreyer, who serves as SASGO President and as an IGCS Council Member, was instrumental in facilitating this partnership.

IGCS has entered a strategic partnership with the International Society for the Study of Trophoblastic Diseases to achieve joint objectives in education, mentorship, and data collection to improve patient outcomes

Read the European Menopause and Andropause Society (EMAS) and International Gynecologic Cancer Society (IGCS) position statement on managing menopause after gynecological cancer: focus on menopausal symptoms and osteoporosis, published in the International Journal of Gynecological Cancer.

The World Ovarian Cancer Coalition (WOCC) is now our Strategic Advocacy Partner. This partnership maximizes the collective influence, membership, force, and reach of these two premiere organizations and establishes a framework through which they will provide tangible benefit to gynecologic cancer survivors-patients worldwide, with special emphasis on ovarian cancer.

The Chilean Society of Gynecologic Oncology and the Peruvian Society of Gynecological Oncology recently joined our Strategic Alliance Partner Program. And earlier this year, the Mexican College of Gynecologic Oncology invited us to their congress to promote IGCS membership.

As the International Gynecological Cancer Society continues successful outreach in Eurasia, this strategic partnership with the Russian Society of Oncologists in Cancer of Reproductive Systems will generate tremendous benefits in the areas of clinical practice, research and palliative care affecting millions of patients throughout Russia and neighboring counties.

IGCS welcomes three societies bringing a total of 127 new members to the Strategic Alliance Partnership Program:: the Caribbean Gynecologic Cancer Society (CGCS), the Malaysian Gynaecological Cancer Society (MGCS) and the Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Neoplasicas-Peru (INEN).